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Townsend's Warbler
By Fleischman, Paul
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06021-874-4
- Publisher
- New York : HarperCollins, c1992.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 1992
Gr 3-7 Fleischman leaves behind the worlds of fiction and poetry to chronicle the discovery of a new species of bird. Employing techniques honed in his other works--most notably the use of alternating narratives to reveal simultaneous action--he introduces John Kirk Townsend and Thomas Nuttall, the former obsessed with birds and the latter with plants. In 1834, they set out to become the first ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
